Youngistan fida over Laden
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,July 26 2010]
Grossing 8 crore all over India at the box office from only 344 screens, Walkwater MediaÂs wacky ÂTere Bin Laden is all set to break box office records for Indian Indie comedies as it heads into a bumper second week.
The young legs are enjoying it and the movie managed to hold on in spite of stiff competition from Akshay Kumar starrer ÂKhatta Meetha and the Hollywood film ÂSalt starring Angelina Jolie.
Some multiplexes in Mumbai have even increased the number of daily shows of ÂTere Bin Laden.Â
Other if you compare this with the performance of other Indie comedies like ÂOye Lucky Lucky Oye and ÂKhosla Ka GhoslaÂ, then ÂTere Bin Laden has crossed the lifetime gross of both these films in week one itself.
The film continues to march briskly in the international markets with a total international take including the UK, Middle East, Australia, South Africa and Mauritius being upwards of $300,000.
Says Jawahar Sharma of Cinergy independent film services the overseas distributor of the film, ÂTere Bin Laden as an independent comedy the film, unlike any before has helped redefine what works in the overseas markets.Â
Kapil Bagla CEO Walkwater Media ltd, states that the other ancillary sales such as satellite, home video and music rights of the film have already been sold for Rs 4.25 crores.